Discord vs. Flowdock

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Discord
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Discord is an app designed to connect users with communities over voice, video, and text chat, via Discord servers, a gaming and game industry oriented app for growing communities around video games and allowing developers to communicate with their customer base; the app may yet also be used for business communications of other kinds.
$4.99
per month
Flowdock
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Flowdock is a collaboration tool built around a chat and team inbox interface. Flowdock is available via app or as a browser-based solution. It was originally offered by Rally Software Development, which was acquired by CA Technologies, which was acquired by Broadcom in 2018.N/A
Pricing
DiscordFlowdock
Editions & Modules
Discord Nitro Classic
$4.99
per month
Discord Nitro
$9.99
per month
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DiscordFlowdock
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details16% discount on annual pricing for Discord Nitro ($99.99 per year) and Discord Nitro Classic ($49.99 per year).
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Features
DiscordFlowdock
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.8
17 Ratings
1% below category average
Flowdock
4.9
2 Ratings
46% below category average
Task Management9.36 Ratings6.72 Ratings
Scheduling6.02 Ratings4.01 Ratings
Workflow Automation7.04 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Mobile Access9.715 Ratings7.22 Ratings
Search7.413 Ratings5.72 Ratings
Visual planning tools7.53 Ratings6.01 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
Discord
7.4
17 Ratings
8% below category average
Flowdock
3.8
2 Ratings
71% below category average
Chat9.717 Ratings8.92 Ratings
Notifications8.216 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Discussions8.317 Ratings7.72 Ratings
Surveys7.710 Ratings2.01 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase7.77 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Integrates with GoToMeeting10.02 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts4.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
Integrates with Outlook4.01 Ratings1.01 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
Discord
8.9
16 Ratings
9% above category average
Flowdock
7.8
1 Ratings
4% below category average
Versioning10.04 Ratings00 Ratings
Video files7.916 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Audio files8.715 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Document collaboration8.36 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Access control8.38 Ratings8.01 Ratings
Advanced security features8.04 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Integrates with Google Drive10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Device sync10.06 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
DiscordFlowdock
Small Businesses
Stackby
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Score 9.8 out of 10
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Stackby
Score 9.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Troop Messenger
Troop Messenger
Score 9.7 out of 10
Enterprises
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
HCL Connections
HCL Connections
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
DiscordFlowdock
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(17 ratings)
6.6
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.2
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
DiscordFlowdock
Likelihood to Recommend
Discord
Personally, Discord is a great tool to create online communities for your company or product, especially when our target audience is young. I would not consider it appropriate to use this tool for people over a certain age, nor would it be suitable for companies of considerable size.
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Broadcom
Flowdock is well suited for small teams and to environments that doesn't need too much reliability. I think it has some management problems that can make your life difficult if you have to manage a big amount of users. If you want just a tool communication with basic features (without using any integration or robust features) it can be suitable for you. You should try Flowdock using its free version for a small team and compare with others similar products. Flowdock delivers team chat and collaboration features, but is not necessarily the best product. Maybe some usability problems that disturb me won't be so relevant to you.
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Pros
Discord
  • Discord allows easy setup of servers for specific groups.
  • Discord allows one-on-one private messaging as well as group communication.
  • Discord is easy to install and setup for any age group.
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Broadcom
  • Mobile app experience
  • Software integrations
  • Notifications
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Cons
Discord
  • Recovery when servers are down.
  • Better Nitro Deals.
  • Better bot enabling for going live - Slow sometimes or doesn't work in certain discords.
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Broadcom
  • One thing a little bit annoying is that a lot of links to others Flowdock sections (preferences, external services, etc) will open a new window/tab. Each click may take you to a new window and you can get lost easily.
  • There isn't a quick access list to members of your organization to start a private chat. I took a while to find how to do that. The interface and usability could be better.
  • There isn't an app for Windows Phone.
  • Sometimes you try to load some conversation and it doesn't show anything. It is not frequently but happens sometimes.
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Likelihood to Renew
Discord
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Broadcom
I go with the flow because I'm a newer employee and Flowdock works as advertised. If it were my decision to choose a team communciator for the organization, I'd recommend we go with Slack for its robust features and ever-changing/evolving software integrations. Slack is the outright innovator in the space and will continue to hold that role for some time.
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Usability
Discord
I can't really say much on this. It's extremely easy to use, it's very logical and intuitive, and very easy to install and set-up. Even the settings menus make sense even to nonliterate IT people.
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Broadcom
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Discord
I would give it a 10 rating because it absolutely deserves it. Discord has made things like keeping in touch extremely easy for people. Anywhere from gamers, businessmen and even family calls are all a part of this fantastic application. The ease of access of being able to jump in a room with your friends and talk to them is amazing
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Broadcom
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Discord
Discord has better features and it gets updated constantly with new features. It gets popular everyday and the number of people using Discord gets increased. Discord has a better interface that is easy to use, it doesn't make you confused. Better voice and video quality. The most important part is the communities, there are thousands of different communities.
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Broadcom
Slack is a similar software.
Private chat or channels are well implemented in both softwares and both are also very easy to setup.
Besides of some usability problemas I think Flowdock is still better than Slack in this user experience and design.
The second point is the price. Flowdock is half price of Slack ($3/month). If you are a student or a non-profit organization, you are able to get some special license.
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Return on Investment
Discord
  • Discord has been such a bonus to our productivity. Instead of sending meeting links and starting lengthy email threads, we were able to quickly hop on a call with other people and get things done!
  • Some colleagues had to change their PCs as Discord was messing up their system due to the heavy system load.
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Broadcom
  • Our company uses it by default.
  • I enjoy the ability to communicate outside of text messages...keeps the conversation on in it's own bucket.
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